If you’ve played the original NES Mario game, then you’re probably going to love this new flash game that came out on Wednesday. That’s right; it’s the original Mario NES in your browser but with a twist. They’ve brought in a roundhouse cast of other famous Nintendo characters.

Super Mario Crossover by explodingRabbit is a fun browser based flash game that allows you to play through the old (and great) 1985 Super Mario Bros NES. However they’ve thrown in a changeup, and now you can play through the game using the looks and abilities of five other Nintendo favorites: Link, Bill R, Simon, Mega Man, and Samus Aran.

Picking a character is easy, and the game has instructions along the way, but there isn’t any manual for it, so I’ve done my best here to list all of the controls for every character in the game. Note that all attacks will take out blocks just as if you were hitting them with your head as Mario.

Controls

Use the Left and Rightarrow keys to move. Mario is the only character that can run, but he doesn’t have any extra special abilities.

Characters

X Key

Z Key

Up Key

Down Key

S Key

Mario

Hold to Run (or Fireball)

Jump

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Link

Sword Attackz

Jump

Slice Up

Slice Down

Boomerang

Bill Rizer

Long Range Gun Attack

Jump

Aim Up

Prone

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Simon

Short Range Whip Attack

Jump (double Jump)

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Crouch

Throw Axes

Mega Man

Shoot (Hold to Power-up)

Jump

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Hold+Z to Slide

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Samus

Shoot (or bomb while in ball form)

Jump (or slide while holding down)

Aim Up

Enter Ball Form

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Have fun this weekend sniping Goombas and blasting Flying Koopas! Already played the game? Tell uswhat you thought in the comments section below!